Philip IV of France

must first analyse its ideological and intellectual background. To do so, we shall examine a similar debate that occurred only a few years before between royal and papal authority, epitomised by the conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of France. According to Joseph Canning, the pontificate of Boniface VIII marked a “watershed between the high and late medieval papacies”. Pennington notes that an interesting parallel exists between Boniface and Emperor Henry VII, as both “laid claims

Philip VI the Fortunate Andrew Miller 10th History 12 - 27 - 16 Introduction I think Philip the Fortunate was a very good French King. He was known for being the first French king of the Valois dynasty. His reign saw the beginning of the Hundred Years ' War and the arrival of the Black Death. Body In May of 1328, Philip of Valois became King Philip VI of France. In August of that year, the count of Flanders appealed to Philip for help in putting down a revolt. The king responded by sending his knights

of England and France beginning in 1337 CE, and eventually leading to a French victory in 1453. The war had a number of consequences, from England losing the vast majority of its territories in mainland Europe to significantly advancing European military technology. The origins of the conflict were in a dispute between the English and the French over the French throne. After Charles IV of France died in 1328, leaving no male heir behind, he passed the throne to his cousin, Philip of Valois, who was

“a revolt broke out in Paris, and Philip the fair was forced to take bastion in the tower of the temple.” (frale 146.) at this point Philip the fair had caught sight of the Templars vast wealth and wanted it as his own. Philip the fair had some sort of friendship with the pope being both at clement V pontifications and relayed information that he shouldn’t have at time and one of the these curtail times was telling Philip the fair he was going to be out of work for three

hierarchal and had a strict structure of people at the top, the Royal House of Capet/ Valois, and the peasants at the bottom, this is called Feudalism. Religion was a big part of society in the 14th Century and really until the French Revolution, France was a very strong Catholic nation. France’s like most of Europe at the time had a very agricultural economy. “The 14th Century was a time of turmoil, diminished expectations, loss of confidence in institutions, and feelings of helplessness at forces

way. At this time France was not unified as it is today, Dukes and the younger sons of the kings ruled different areas and English Lords, under the English king controlled the western cost . The danger that came with this was that area could have more loyalty to their local lord rather than the king, and some areas such as Burgundy became an independent power at this time . Religion was a large part of society in 14th Century Europe and really until the French Revolution, France was a very strong

his “rightful”position of king of France. Everyone agrees that Henry has a claim to the French throne, some say he should have invaded France and others say he should not. Henry should not have invaded France for three reasons: He does not have a legitimate claim, it could endanger Britain, and its selfish. Firstly, Henry should not have invaded France is that he does not have a legitimate claim to the throne. Henry claims that he is the rightful king of France because of a complicated family tree

Hundred Year War was an astounding battle that took place between the 14th and 15th Century. The two sides in this war was England and France. It was started due to who should be the rightful successor of the throne for France, The two candidates where Edward III from england and Philip VI of France. This was significant because if Edward III got the throne France would belong to England. Due to the issue of power it led to the battles to come such as; The Battle of Crecy in 1346 and The Battle of

disputes between the Church and secular authority over these issues were between King Henry II of England (1154 – 1189) and Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170, and that between King Philip IV of France (1285 – 1314) and Pope Boniface VIII (1294 – 1303). Both Henry II and Philip IV wanted to be able to better control crime in their kingdoms due to the separate church courts for clergy that led to issues of criminous clerks. While Becket and

Years’ war,a series of battles between England and France that lasted from 1337 to 1453. This was due to King Edward III believing he was the rightful heir to the French throne,and his mother, Isabella, being King Charles IV(4th) sister. (b)